Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus[edit]

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 22, 2018

Dilophosaurus is a dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Early Jurassic Period, about 193 million years ago. The genus name means "two-crested lizard". At about 7 meters (23 ft) in length, with a weight of about 400 kilograms (880 lb), Dilophosaurus was one of the earliest large predatory dinosaurs, though it was smaller than some later theropods. It had a pair of plate-shaped crests on its skull, and the upper jaw had a gap below the nostril. The teeth were long, curved, and thin. The arms were powerful and the hands had four fingers. Dilophosaurus would have been active and bipedal, and may have hunted large animals, though it could also have fed on smaller animals and fish. The function of the crests is unknown; they were too weak for battle, but may have been used in visual display. Dilophosaurus was featured in the movie Jurassic Park, wherein it was given the fictional abilities to spit venom and expand a cowl on its neck. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Heterodontosaurus, May 12, 2018
Main editors: FunkMonk
Promoted: April 25, 2018‎
Reasons for nomination: To coincide with the premiere of the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which features this animal, and will no doubt generate traffic to this article. The version of Dilophosaurus in the Jurassic Park franchise is extremely fictionalised and erroneous, so this date will therefore be relevant for educational purposes. The film showed it much smaller than the real animal (among other inaccuracies), which is also why I have chosen this image. Note that it is currently nominated for the film's US release date, but it could also be moved to June 7, which is the earlier UK release.
Support as nominator. FunkMonk (talk) 14:22, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Date is appropriate, and unlike the subject of the previous dinosaur article, this one was carnivorous. Jackdude101 ^talk ^cont 01:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per nominator and Either date is appropriate Abote2 (talk) 21:29, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Smart move, sick of the made up things in JW being treated as facts. Either date's fine with me. --Slate Weasel (talk | contribs) 15:11, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great idea, US release date is probably preferable because it will most likely bring more traffic. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 16:08, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Support The article needs to be wikilinked in the subpage. Mojo0306 (talk) 17:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, fixed. FunkMonk (talk) 22:59, 6 May 2018 (UTC)]] by Wehwalt (talk) 22:42, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]